Two principals.
Three decades.
One voice.

Christopher S. Combs brings over twenty years of cross-border investment experience to Salt Rock — spanning alternative investments, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and complex Gulf-anchored transactions.

Prior to co-founding Salt Rock, Mr. Combs was a Managing Director at Falconvest Group in London. He previously served as Head of Product Development and Distribution at Gatehouse Bank, London. Before that, he was a Director at Arcapita in Bahrain, where he engaged with sovereign, institutional, family office, and high-net-worth clients across the GCC. He began his career as a Vice President at KPMG Corporate Finance in Chicago.

Mr. Combs holds a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia, and a Masters of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with distinction.

Carmen Almos is a co-founder of Salt Rock Advisory and the founder of Ashburton Hospitality. She began her career in hotel asset management on behalf of a Kuwaiti family office holding Fairmont-flagged trophy assets in Dubai — an experience that shaped the firm she would later build for the very same archetype of investor.

Across her career, Ms. Almos has overseen institutional hotel portfolios spanning the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, executing on revenue management, cost discipline, F&B repositioning, and major capital programmes including change-of-ownership Property Improvement Plans. Her work has consistently delivered measured uplift to gross operating profit and market-share index alongside disciplined cost management.

She is a Skift-recognised hotel asset manager, a frequent speaker on owner-operator alignment, and an active advocate for ownership pathways for women and minorities in hospitality. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management.